How To Install fdb5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fdb5 on Kali Linux.

What is fdb5

fdb5 is:

FDB (Fields DataBase) is a domain-specific object store developed at ECMWF for storing, indexing and retrieving GRIB data. Each GRIB message is stored as a field and indexed trough semantic metadata (i.e. physical variables such as temperature, pressure, …). A set of fields can be retrieved specifying a request using a specific language developed for accessing the MARS Archive.

There are three methods to install fdb5 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fdb5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fdb5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fdb5

Install fdb5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fdb5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fdb5

Install fdb5 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fdb5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fdb5

How To Uninstall fdb5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fdb5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fdb5

Uninstall fdb5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fdb5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fdb5

Remove fdb5 Configurations and Data

To remove fdb5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fdb5

Remove fdb5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fdb5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fdb5

Dependencies

fdb5 have the following dependencies:

• libfdb5-0d
• libc6
• libeccodes0
• libeckit0d
• libgcc-s1
• libmetkit0d
• libstdc++6

References

• fdb5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fdb5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.